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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have the following command.(Delete all trailing blank lines at the end of a file.)
sed -e :a -e '/^\n*$/{$d;N;ba' -e '}'
I don't understand the logic of this command and also I don't understand why -e is used.
Can you please let me know the logic of this command and why three -e... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: TomG
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi i am facing problem with sed -n option could you please help me on this, i have a file test the contents of the file is
width="75">10/0 4/12</td>^M><a href='courtorders/100412zr.pdf' target="_blank">Miscellaneous Order</a></td>^M width="75">10/01/12</td>^M><a href='courtorde... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: ragilla
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
sed "s/^/8,A1,$dat,id2_3,/g" -e sed "s/$/,,,,,,,,,,,/g" temporary
wn m running this script m getting a error... plz help me with this....
O/p
sed: -e expression #1, char 3: unterminated `s' command
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Discussion started by: nikhil jain
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am aware that the below are the equivalent in sed for cat command.
sed ':'
sed -n 'p'
Is there any way to emulate the same using "q" option in sed?
Thanks (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: pandeesh
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Can anyone give detailed and example for sed -i option.
Where can we use this option?:) (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: gwgreen1
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have tried doing this to delete some lines: sed '1,10d' file
Now I want to specify a variable as a line number for example:
lastline=wc -l file
linestart=$lastline - 20
sed '$linestart,$lastlined' file
but this will give error: sed: -e expression #1, char 3: extra characters after... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: zorrox
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello. i have a script, but in solaris i get this message sed: illegal option -- i
whats wrong? With Ubuntu there is no problem. Thanks for help.
#!/bin/bash
for file in $(find /directory..../Test/*.txt -type f)
do
head -n 1 $file | egrep '^#!'
if
then
sed -i '2i\Headertext'... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: fertchen
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Please tell me how to use insert option of sed in a shell script on Solaris/AIX plateform.
For example I need to insert few lines on top of every file whose name starts with say "SOL_DEL".
Thanx. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sanjay1979
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Folks,
I've been trying to use the ENV variable with slashes(/) in its value inside the sed substitution..
Sed 's/myval/'$MYVAL'/' file1 >> file.tmp
If MYVAL=<sometext>, it works.
if MYVAL=/home/venkat, it doesnt.
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bash-2.05$ export VAL=/home/venkat... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: gvsreddy_539
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Could someone please help me with the following.
I'm trying to figure out how to delete two words within a specific file using sed.
The two words are directory and named.
I have tried the following:
sed '//d' sedfile
sed '//d' sedfile
both of these options do not work.....
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: klannon
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